“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:5) ——————– This side of death, we shall never know that which God Almighty has kept us from. I remember the time when my daughter was in an automobile accident that potentially could have been fatal. For a fleeting moment, she lost control of the vehicle that she was driving…. Read More

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” (Matthew 11:29) ——————– The salvation of a sinner required that the most High Himself (Christ) be brought to the point of being the most low. From the height of all glory, the precious Son became a man. What an act of condescension was displayed in the Word… Read More

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.” (Jeremiah 29:11-12) ——————– God Almighty, who has thoughts of peace and not evil toward His people, has promised that His people shall call upon Him, pray… Read More

“And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2) ——————–… Read More

The believer has the TRUTH of God’s word as his whole hope and absolute assurance: 1) He is absolutely sure that God the Father chose him, in Christ, unto salvation before the foundation of the world. (Ephesians 1) 2) He is absolutely sure that Christ came into this world to live perfectly (as a man) before the holy law of God. (John 1) 3) He is absolutely sure that the perfect life… Read More

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7) ——————– The believer takes comfort in knowng that whatsoever God Almighty has purposed to do, He will complete it. An enlightened sinner knows (by faith) that before the world was spoken into existence by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father, Son, and Spirit, entered into an eternal… Read More

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” (1st Thessalonians 5:2) ——————– A true believer does not desire to know more than God Almighty wants him to know. While others expend countless hours studying world events, trying to somehow connect them to the return of Christ (some to the point of naming the exact date), and then making those events to be… Read More

“That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:31) ——————– Who deserves the glory in the redemption of sinners? The world believes that man has the right to choose or reject God’s plan for every single individual, and if a man by his own free will chooses to receive Christ as his personal saviour, and becomes a Christian, Jesus should get the glory… Read More

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:” (John 10:27) ——————– Many hear the gospel of free grace in Christ and believe it not. The reason a man believes not is because he does not have an ear of faith to hear the Saviour call. Man is born without the ability to perceive the voice of the thrice holy God. The sheep of God hear by faith,… Read More

There is, without a doubt, no clearer picture of the blessing of God Almighty (by imputation) to an unworthy rebel than the blessing of Jacob by his father Isaac. Jacob had exhibited boldly, before the dim eyes of his aged father, the true nature of a wretched sinner. In Jacob’s depraved mind, the only way he could get his father’s blessing was to impersonate his brother Esau. Lying with every breath, Jacob… Read More

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8) ——————– Of all of the things spoken concerning man’s salvation, one question stands out more than any other … who gets the glory for that salvation? Is the glory given to a spiritually dead sinner because somehow he was able to perceive the depth of his own depravity, work out a… Read More

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) ——————– By and large, the more a man begins to see of the awesome holiness and gracious goodness of God Almighty, the more that man wants to close his mouth and behold Christ. Many have thought outward noise is the proof of inward peace, but often that outward… Read More

“Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.” (Job 9:34-35) __________________________________ It is a shameful thing for a child to talk back (answer or question) a parent. We observe with displeasure the rude behavior of that disrespectful one. This is the reason for the rod of correction that drives rebellion… Read More

“But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”(1 Corinthians 1:23-24) ——————– Every meseage sent by God Almighty through His means of revelation to His people, the preaching of the gospel, finds Christ Jesus as its only subject. Only in rightly hearing of Him does a… Read More

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” (Revelation 5:9) ——————– The singing of praises unto Him who is worthy is truly a joy for a believer. Men, by a new heart, write and sing those songs… Read More

“Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.” (1 Kings 18:38) ——————– There was a day (appointed by God Himself) that the Lord ordained to make His power, presence, and will known. On this day He would display, before the people, His answer to their foolish double-mindedness. According the… Read More

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) ——————– The carnal heart is a fortification of resentment against the God of all hope. If left to himself, the natural man will gladly go to hell… Read More

Any man that has faithfully preached the Gospel of God’s wonderful and marvelous grace (found only in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ) has probably been accused of being an antinomian. This term refers to one that is without law….one that cares not for the “works of salvation”. I can without reservation say that faithful men of God’s calling DO care for the works of God’s salvation. The problem in the… Read More

The hearing of the gospel is vital to a man’s salvation. Faith, the gift of God, comes through the hearing of this glorious good news of God’s purpose to redeem those that He has eternally loved. Sitting under a consistent message that points men to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, tells of His obedience to the law of God, and sets Him forth as the only mediator between God and… Read More

Death — a fate that all men will someday face. Though the mention of death usually has a sound of sadness about it, there are some truths about death that are of great comfort to the believer: 1) No man dies without the permission of God Almighty. There are no accidents with Him who holds the breath of men. Often one has brushed the gate of the grave unharmed because the express… Read More

When considering the lowly place of the Messiah’s abode at birth, a manger speaks volumes. It was the picture of Christ associating Himself with the lowly of heart. Here the Son of glory reveals (even in birth) His acquaintance with grief. How beautifully He declares Himself to be the King of the rejected and poor. No pomp, no gala, no elaborate ceremony will steal this magnificent display of God’s love. Surely, one… Read More

Even with all the turmoil, confusion, lusts, and wanderings of a sinner, one thing is certain — no war exists between redeemed sons of Adam and God Almighty. Not even a temporary truce exists, conditioned on such fickle men trying to maintain the terms of some type of cease-fire, with God suspiciously watching every move they make. On the contrary, there is a peace “which passeth all understanding” because believers agree with… Read More

There is much talk in religious circles today about coming to Christ. Men speak on this topic as if this coming was nothing more than going down to the local drug store to acquire a bottle of aspirin. There are shouting sessions, healing demonstrations, motivational speeches, and round-the-clock prayer vigils, all geared to get folks to come to Christ. Nothing shall put a stop to the wickedness of this thinking but the… Read More

“He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob.” (Numbers 23:21) ——————– To say that Almighty God does not behold iniquity in the sense of His omniscience would be a slight against His character. For of a truth, He does see the falling short even of those for whom Christ has shed His precious blood. What a just God does not see (in His people) is their sin under His justice and law. Christ,… Read More

There is, within the mind set of natural reasoning, the idea that somehow a difference exist between “doctrinal” preaching, and “practical” teaching. The natural mind obviously thinks that doctrinal preaching is for the soul’s good, and that practical teaching is for the instruction on daily living practices. Though I would readily admit that instruction, admonition, and correction is set forth in the scriptures, the natural mind fails to comprehend God’s ordained order… Read More

“We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?” (Song of Solomon 8:8) ——————– As the Lord Jesus has sheep that are yet to be called by His spirit unto salvation (John 10:16), the bride of Christ has a sister yet to be called (or revealed to be what God Almighty has said she is)…. Read More

“…thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.” (Song of Solomon 7:4) ——————– Graced (by the Holy Ghost) with true faith, the bride of Christ is divinely sensitive to the evil which doth so easily beset her. She smells the foul odor of compromise in the preaching of grace mixed with works. A believer longs after the sweet smell of the message that sets forth Christ only, grace… Read More

One hardly has to look long before finding a place where a group of people consistently meets as they say, “in the name of God.” With all the different doctrines being set forth, how does one know where the truth (Christ Himself) is really being set forth? It has been rightly said that but for God’s grace one will not know and the vast majority of sincere “church-goers” will eventually find themselves… Read More

“How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter!”   (Song of Solomon 7:1)  ——————– The bride (the church of Christ) is described by Christ the Bridegroom as being beautiful. Our finite minds cannot except by faith begin to comprehend this. How can it be that one so unlovely, in and of herself, could be praised in this way by Him who is altogether lovely? The answer to this question can… Read More

“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?” (Song of Solomon 5:2-3) ——————– Within the… Read More

The carnal heart is easily satisfied with ritual, form, music, or any other stimuli that feeds the emotion. While we would never doubt that it is impossible to be separated from our emotions, we must always remember that our emotions are effected constantly by our environment and that only by God’s grace is a child of promise kept from being dominated by his emotions. True worship is a matter of the renewed… Read More